Marcel Kalberer

born the 6. Oct. l947 at St.Gallen - CH
on the same day like Le Cobusier- just 60 years later.
Moving with l8 to his city of youth
La Chaux- de-fonds and like him with 20 years to Germany.

30 Years of Living-Architecture with, reed, willow rods, bamboo.
In 1988 first realisation at ch-langenthal with the technic of willow-bundels adapted from the sumerian reed-constructions in Mesopotamia. Since than we realized a total of 72 willow architecture in Germany, Sveden, Belgium, France, Italy, Poland, Austria, Switzerland and the USA.
Living architecture in an interactive and communal process of realization.
A milestone on the way to a social-ecological world.

The Auerworld Palace was built in march/april 1998 with 300 volunteers from all over the world.
The way it was `planted` expresses the potential energies that can be mobilized in a community-oriented
natural building process.
Marcel Kalberer was assisted by constructors and artists of the building-troup Sanfte Strukturen: Dorothea Kalb-Brenek, Anna Kalberer, Bernadette Mercx, Peedy Evacic who guided the many different volunteers through the construction of the palace.